Surname Šimeg in modern Croatia

Šimeg families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Šimeg live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zdala in Djurdjevac area (30), Zagreb (20), Molve in Djurdjevac area (15), Velika Gorica (<10), and in Djurdjevac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šimeg (including: Shimeg , Schimeg and Simeg ) is present in three countries on three continents. "Shimeg " is used by few people in the United States. "Schimeg " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Šimeg, Ivo Šimeg, Marijan Šimeg, Miroslav Šimeg, Suzana Šimeg, Ruža Šimeg, Davor Šimeg, Tea Šimeg, Ljubomir Šimeg, Milan Šimeg, Pavao Šimeg, Ljubica Šimeg, Tihomir Šimeg, Tomislav Šimeg, Ivana Šimeg, Mladen Šimeg, Vladimir Šimeg, Željka Šimeg, Željko Šimeg

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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